Unread Atlas
TS 021 (P498178)
Purchase and sale contracts, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | TS 021 |
|---|---|
| ID | P498178 |
| Museum no. | BM 033175 & BM 033175a |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Purchase and sale contracts |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [...] {d}nin-lil2 | ... Ninlil |
| 2 | [mu] 1(disz)#-e# [u4] 1(u)-kam | 1 year, 10th day |
| 3 | [ki im]-gur#-{d}suen dumu na-ra-am-i3-li2-szu | from Imgur-Sîn, son of Naram-ilišu |
| 4 | [...] dumu puzur4-{d}en#-[lil2] | ..., son of Puzur-Enlil |
| 5 | [in-szi]-sa10#! | has bought. |
| 6 | [...] sze ku3-babbar | ... barley and silver |
| 7 | [sa10 til]-la#-ni-sze3 | for his full price |
| 8 | [in]-na-la2 | he weighed out |
| 9 | [inim gal2-la] mar-za-sze3 | who has a claim against you |
| 10 | [... in-na]-gub#-bu | ... stood for him. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [u4-kur2-sze3] inim#-ma nu-[ga2-ga2] | In the future, he will not raise a claim |
| 2 | [mu] lugal-bi in-[pa3] | has sworn by the name of the king. |
| 3 | [igi] ip#-qu2-{d}nin-gal esz3-a-ab-du | before Ipqu-Ningal, Eš-abdu |
| 4 | {[disz]}e2-ga-mil dumu ip-qu2-sza | Ega-mil, son of Ipquša |
| 5 | {[disz]}e-te-el-ku*-bi dumu a-hu-ni | Etel-kubi, son of Ahuni |
| 6 | {[disz]}lu2-la-a dumu ensi# | Lulaya, son of the governor |
| 7 | {[disz]}ur-{d}ib-gal dumu ku-ta-a-a* | Ur-Ibgal, son of Kutaya |
| 8 | {[disz]}ARAD-{d}nanna dumu be-lum-wa-qar | Warad-Nanna, son of Belum-waqar |
| 9 | {[disz]}{d}suen-isz-me-ni dumu im-gur-{d}suen | Sîn-išmēni, son of Imgur-Si’en |
| 10 | iti {gesz}apin-du8-a | month: “Plow-fodder,&us201d |
| 11 | mu bad3? gal zar-bi2-lum mu-un-du3-a | year: “The great wall of Zarbilum was erected; |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [... {d}]nin-lil2 | ... Ninlil |
| 2 | [mu 1(disz)-e u4 1(u)]-kam | 1 year, 10th day |
| 3 | [ki im-gur-{d}suen dumu na]-ra-am-i3-li2-szu | from Imgur-Sîn, son of Naram-ilišu |
| 4 | [... dumu] puzur4#-en!-lil2! | ..., son of Puzur-Enlil |
| 5 | [in-szi-sa10] | bought. |
| 6 | [n] gin2# igi-6(disz)-gal2 [n sze ku3-babbar?] | n 1/6 shekels, n grains of silver |
| 7 | [sa10 til]-la-ni-[sze3] | as his purchase price |
| 8 | [in]-na-la2 | he weighed out |
| 9 | [inim-gal2]-la mar-za-[sze3] | who has a claim against you |
| 10 | [... in-na]-gub#-bu | ... stood for him. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [u4-kur2-sze3] inim#-ma nu-ga2-[ga2] | In the future, he will not raise a claim |
| 2 | [mu lugal]-bi# in-pa3 | has sworn by the name of the king. |
| 3 | igi# ip#-qu2-{d}nin-gal esz3-a-ab-du | before Ipqu-Ningal, Eš-abdu |
| 4 | {disz}{d}suen-isz-me-[ni] dumu# im-gur-{d}suen | Sîn-išmēni, son of Imgur-Si’in |
| 5 | {disz}e2-ga-mi-[il dumu] ip-qu2-sza | Ega-mil, son of Ipquša |
| 6 | {[disz]}e-te-el-ku#-[bi] dumu a-hu-ni | Etel-kubi, son of Ahuni |
| 7 | {[disz]}lu2-la-a dumu ensi | Lulaya, son of the governor |
| 8 | {[disz]}ARAD#-{d}nanna dumu be-lum-wa-qar | Arad-Nanna, son of Belum-waqar |
| 9 | {[disz]}ur-{d}ib-gal dumu ku-ta-a | Ur-Ištar, son of Kutaya |
| 10 | [kiszib lu2]-inim-ma-bi-me-esz | under seal of the witnesses |
| 11 | iti# {gesz}apin-du8-a | month: “Plow-fodder-festival,&us201d |
| 12 | [mu] bad3# gal zar-bi2-lum{ki} [mu]-un#-du3-a# | year: “The great wall of Zarbilum was erected. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | im-gur-{d}suen | Imgur-Suen, |
| 2 | dumu na-ra-am-i3-li2-szu | son of Naram-ilišu |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.